Titanic 100th Special Event

Last year I was privileged to operate from W4S during the 99th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic. My daughter Amber (callsign pending) got a chance to operate and even earned herself a QSL card from our friend Jim, N4UHZ.

This weekend, the Titanic museums in Branson, MO and Pigeon Forge, TN will commemorate the 100th anniversary of this solemn occasion with a special radio event. W4S and W0S will be on the air this weekend to give hams the opportunity to contact the Titanic museums and receive commemorative QSLs for the contact.

I plan to be there in Pigeon Forge Saturday evening around dusk to operate one of the planned 4 stations. My family will be with me (I hope) and help operate. Everyone is welcome to attend and operate.

If you can't attend, be listening for us on the air. I plan to tweet my operating frequency so that everyone can at least try to make contact.

The frequencies planned are:

• 3.950 80 Meters
• 7.220 40 Meters
• 14.265 20 Meters
• 21.350 15 Meters
• 24.940 12 Meters
• 28.350 10 Meters

There will be CW but only during the overnight hours (I don't know why it's restricted).

Here are some other radio events planned to commemorate Titanic:

• Chatham Marconi Maritime Center - KM1CC - Thursday 8AM ET to Sunday 8PM ET
• Several operating from the UK
• Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland - VX9MRC 507.77 kHz - 0001-0400 UTC 15 April.
• Wiregrass Amateur Radio Club - W4AVM - Friday to Monday
• EI100T 
• Titanic Historical Society - W1MGY -  1400Z - 2030Z from the 9th to the 15th
• Radio TV Museum - W3R - 8AM-8PM ET Saturday

If I find more I'll update this list this week. If you know of a special event please leave a comment.